Rocktron HUSH Intelligent Sound Processor

Paul White opts for the quiet life with this effective cure for hiss — and there's even an enhancer and compressor thrown in for good measure.

Digital Signal Processor

The latest signal processor from Yamaha may be aimed primarily at guitarists but the small studio owner might prefer to look at it as an adaptation of the SPX90. Rick Davies finds out it has a few new twists as well as a slimline price tag.

Twin channel three voice electronic piano with six band graphic

With their second album just released, Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe take a rest to talk here about the trials of their rise to fame, and their musical and equipment plans for the future. Dan Goldstein (a trifle agog) listens in...

No television drama would be complete without a soundtrack, but how do you write them? Nicholas Rowland tunes in to the music channel.

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Time to Play

Nottingham's Time Recording give an independent label's-eye view from the front line of dance music. Simon Trask checks his Swatch...

Jim Burgess sends us an exclusive preview of Apple's powerful pair of new computers - and assesses their implications for tomorrow's MIDI-using musicians.

Weller and Talbot collectively swapping shopping stories with Adrian Deevoy

Inside this German synth pioneer's home studio.

They're light, robust, comfortable and they sound very good indeed — but they're not cheap!

Studio Test

Jim Betteridge enthuses, or could it really be John Bull

Hi Energy wizard Mike Stock collides with Chas de Whalley during a sweaty get-down-and-shake-it interview

With Digital Audio Tape becoming widely used for mastering, it's important to know how it differs from its quarter-inch predecessor and how it can benefit you. Vic Lennard acknowledges his new master.

Hints, Tips & News From The World Of Music Software

More hints and tips from the world of music software.

If you thought vocoders were just an obsolete way of making a singer into a Dalek, you've been missing out. Tom McLaughlin explains music technology's most overlooked innovation.

How to turn this inexpensive PZM into a balanced line microphone

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Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare

Filling in the musical background, Ralph Denyer talks to Peter Tosh's back line, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

Fender Facts

The true story, told at last!

Universal Patch Editor/Librarian

Dr. T's universal patch editor/librarian makes the journey from Atari to Mac picking up a host of new features en route, as Kendall Wrightson discovers.